Atemmufoɔ 12
1 Efraim abusuakuo no boaboaa akodɔm ano twa kɔɔ Safon. Wɔde nkra yi kɔmaa Yefta: “Adɛn enti na woansoma ammɛka ankyerɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛboa mo nko ntia Amonfoɔ? Yɛrebɛhye wo ne wo fie nyinaa pasaa!”
And it was summoned [the] man of Ephraim and it passed over Zaphon towards and they said to Jephthah why? - did you pass over - to wage war against [the] people of Ammon and us not you summoned to go with you house your we will burn over you with fire.
2 Yefta buaa sɛ, “Mansotwe no ahyɛaseɛ no, mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moamma. Moammɛboa yɛn wɔ yɛne Amonfoɔ apereapereɛ no mu.
And he said Jephthah to them a man of strife I was I and people my and [the] people of Ammon exceedingly and I summoned you and not you delivered me from hand their.
3 Mede me nkwa too me nsam kɔkoeɛ a monnka ho, nanso Awurade ma medii Amonfoɔ so nkonim. Na adɛn enti na afei woaba sɛ wo ne me rebɛko?”
And I saw that not you ([were] a deliverer *L(abh)*) and I put! life my in palm my and I passed over! against [the] people of Ammon and he gave them Yahweh in hand my and why? have you come up against me the day this to fight against me.
4 Efraimfoɔ ntuanofoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Gileadfoɔ nyɛ nnipa biara sɛ adwanefoɔ a wɔfiri Efraim ne Manase.” Enti Yefta frɛɛ nʼakodɔm, wɔto hyɛɛ Efraimfoɔ so, dii wɔn so nkonim.
And he gathered Jephthah all [the] men of Gilead and he fought with Ephraim and they attacked [the] men of Gilead Ephraim for they had said [are] fugitives of Ephraim you O Gilead in [the] midst of Ephraim in [the] midst of Manasseh.
5 Yefta ko faa Yordan aworɔso. Ɛberɛ biara a odwanefoɔ bi a ɔfiri Efraim pɛ sɛ ɔfa hɔ dwane kɔ nʼakyi no, Gileadfoɔ no bisa no sɛ, “Wofiri Efraim abusua mu anaa?” Sɛ ɔbarima no bua sɛ, “Dabi” a,
And it captured Gilead [the] fords of the Jordan to Ephraim and it was that they said [the] fugitives of Ephraim let me pass over and they said to him [the] men of Gilead ¿ an Ephrathite [are] you and he said - no.
6 wɔka kyerɛ no sɛ, ɔnka “Sibolet.” Sɛ ɔfiri Efraim a, ɔka, “Sibolet,” Ɛfiri sɛ, nnipa a wɔfiri Efraim no ntumi nka saa asɛm no yie. Sɛ ɛba saa a, na wɔakye no akɔkum no wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan aworɔso hɔ. Enti, Efraimfoɔ ɔpeduanan mmienu na wɔkunkumm wɔn saa ɛberɛ no.
And they said to him say please Shibboleth and he said Sibboleth and not he gave attention to speak right and they seized him and they slaughtered him to [the] fords of the Jordan and it fell at the time that of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
7 Yefta yɛɛ Israel so ɔtemmufoɔ mfeɛ nsia. Ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Gilead nkuro no baako so.
And he judged Jephthah Israel six years and he died Jephthah the Gileadite and he was buried in [the] cities of Gilead.
8 Yefta akyi no, Ibsan na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel. Ɔtenaa Betlehem.
And he judged after him Israel Ibzan from Beth-lehem.
9 Na ɔwɔ mmammarima aduasa ne mmammaa nso aduasa. Ɔmaa ne mmammaa no warewaree firii mmusua foforɔ mu. Ne mmammarima no deɛ, ɔfaa mmaabunu aduasa firii mmusua foforɔ mu ma wɔbɛwarewaree wɔn. Ibsan buu Israel atɛn mfeɛ nson.
And it belonged to him thirty sons and thirty daughters he sent away the outside towards and thirty daughters he brought for sons his from the outside and he judged Israel seven years.
10 Ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Betlehem.
And he died Ibzan and he was buried in Beth-lehem.
11 Ibsan akyi no, Elon a ɔfiri Sebulon na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel. Ɔbuu Israel atɛn mfeɛ edu.
And he judged after him Israel Elon the Zebulunite and he judged Israel ten years.
12 Ɛberɛ a ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Ayalon, Sebulon asase so.
And he died Elon the Zebulunite and he was buried in Aijalon in [the] land of Zebulun.
13 Elon wuo akyi no, Hilel babarima Abdon a ɔfiri Piraton na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel.
And he judged after him Israel Abdon [the] son of Hillel the Pirathonite.
14 Ɔnyaa mmammarima aduanan ne mmanananom aduasa a na wɔn mu biara tena mfunumu so. Ɔyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel mfeɛ nwɔtwe.
And it belonged to him forty sons and thirty sons of sons [who] rode on seventy donkeys and he judged Israel eight years.
15 Ɔwuiɛ ma wɔsiee no wɔ Piraton wɔ Efraim asase a ɛwɔ Amalekfoɔ bepɔ asase no so.
And he died Abdon [the] son of Hillel the Pirathonite and he was buried at Pirathon in [the] land of Ephraim in [the] hill country of the Amalekite[s].
